: white as snow

Examples of snow-white in a Sentence

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One that does: a snow-white bingpi with a blooming floral design. Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024 The birds are masters of camouflage, growing snow-white plumage in winter and mottled brown feathers in summer. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024 Then, the clip shows Malone and Swift typing away in a dystopic, snow-white office, before cutting to a clip of Swift strapped onto a strange contraption. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024 Males have a splash of color atop their heads, some sporting feathers in iridescent blue or pink hues, while others are snow-white. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024 Awards season chatter about the dark stylings of Oppenheimer, snow-white chill of Anatomy of a Fall, and the hot pink highlights of Barbie ends tonight, when the 2024 Oscar winners turn major contenders' blue-sky dreams into gold at the 96th Academy Awards. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024 The bird is the snow bunting — so named both for its predominantly snow-white plumage and amazing ability to withstand snow and subfreezing weather in its breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra. Richard B. Karel, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024 From rapidly gaining the mythical character's trademark jolly belly to growing a snow-white beard and more, The Santa Clause is a hilarious take on a classic. Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023 From inlets covered in neon-green algae, snow-white egrets took flight over ships stacked with thousands of brightly colored containers — imagine a mash-up of Gauguin and Mondrian. John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snow-white was before the 12th century

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“Snow-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snow-white. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

snow-white

adjective
ˈsnō-ˈhwīt,
-ˈwīt
: white as snow

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